Newbe question

[Ron Boyd]

Hi Sam,

I also took the American School Of Piano tuning course. It teaches you just
enough to get you into lots of trouble. I wound up joining the Piano Guild
and it was the best thing I could have done for myself. They are all willing
to help you out and teach you things that the A.S.O.P.T just doesn’t teach.
The first thing you will learn is not to many tuners use the “C” fork for
tuning anymore so go out and buy an A-440 fork.

Ron Boyd
Milwaukee, Wi

-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel Choy [mailto:sam at scpianoservice.com]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:05 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Newbe question

Hi,

A little introduction,

I recently completed the American School of Piano Tuning program and am
starting a business, part time at first, as a piano technician. But I am
very serious, I've been 10 years in the corporate world and am very sick of
it. Seems kind of risky to plan to leave a good paying job at a large
company, but I hate what I do now and love pianos.

Anyway, I thought the American School of Piano Tuning program was pretty
good. There was a link to it off the RTP Web site, so I didn't think that it
could be all that bad. However, I don't feel like I have all the skills I
need. I feel like I know just enough to be dangerous. So to practice, I
bought myself an old Kimball grand piano (built in the 30s) that was in
horrible shape with the intent to fix it up.

The sound board is cracked, the ivories are cracked, the hammers are deeply
grooved, and it needs to be restrung. In the action, it looks like a lot of
the felts are worn and should be replaced. And it needs to be refinished.

At worse, I think that this will be a good education, at best, if I do good
job refurbishing it, I could at least get my money back if not make some.

Did any of you do anything like this?

Also, sorry if this is an old question, but is liquid hide glue as good as
the hide glue you have to mix in a heating pot?

Thanks.

Nice to meet all of you.

Sam Choy
Samuel Choy Piano Service
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